Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 487

When Mary changed her mind not to smoke without blaming him for smoking, Adrian

heaved a sigh of relief with a pair of furrowed eyebrows on his face. “Why are you still

up at this hour?” Mary usually went to bed straight away after putting the children to

sleep. However, she went downstairs that night for some reason and caught the

unsuspecting Adrian smoking, although it was his first and only time trying to do that

secretly.

Instead of answering Adrian’s question, Mary asked, “Why are you smoking here?

Shouldn’t you be in bed at this time?” As soon as she made her question heard, neither

of them said a single word.

After a brief silence, Adrian said, “Something seems off to me.”

Upon hearing her husband’s words, Mary looked at him with bewilderment. “Are we Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

thinking about the same thing?” The two of them then exchanged gazes with each

other, seemingly able to read each other’s minds. After all, both of them shared a deep

love for their children, which was why they knew what was wrong, considering what

had happened.

“I know Peter assured us that they’ll be fine, but…‘ Mary paused for a second and

added, “I couldn’t help but feel something wrong with their tone when he told us that.”

Adrian responded with an affirmative nod. “Yeah, I agree. It’s been a while since they

last met their children, but more importantly, no one seems to be able to reach them.”

Although the couple expected Alaric to get in touch with them less than before after he

grew up, they couldn’t help but find it strange for him to be completely out of reach.

“Victoria’s phone seems to be shut down all the time, and even though someone picked

up the phone when we called Alaric, it was always Peter’s voice that came from the

other end every time.” Mary was then reminded of Terrance’s promise that Alaric and

Victoria would be fine as the two of them only entrusted her and Adrian with their

children because they had some important business to take care of. Shouldn’t she at

least give us a phone call or a video call even if she couldn’t come back? When I was

her age, I would call back to check on my son, no matter where I was. So, what the heck

is Victoria really doing now? It almost looks like she just disappeared.

After a long silence, Adrian finally spoke his mind. “Maybe we should call the police.”

Mary knitted her eyebrows. “We don’t really know what’s going on yet. If we get the

cops involved, we could complicate matters and even put our son and Victoria in

trouble.”

He pursed his lips, agreeing with his wife. “You have a point. In that case, maybe we

should call Terrance and tell him to meet us. I doubt he would lie to us.”

She gave Adrian a doubtful gaze. Although Adrian had always been a loving husband,

she also knew him as a successful businessman who had resorted to extreme

measures on multiple occasions before he got this far. Because of that, she was sure

the only people he would treat kindly were those from his family. At the thought of that,

Mary blinked and tried to calm Adrian down. “Well, just make sure you’re going to talk to

him nicely, alright? You don’t want to scare him too much.”

“Don’t worry about that. He works for our son, and I don’t think he has the guts to hide

anything from us.” Adrian reacted with a nod.

“Well, you still don’t want to scare him either. After all, we need information from him.”

Adrian eventually gave in, thanks to his sympathy for Mary. “Alright, I get you. Don’t

worry.” Adrian stood up directly.

“Now?” Mary was surprised. “But it’s late now. Why don’t you sleep on it and act

tomorrow?”

He replied, “No, the darkness gives us a perfect opportunity to catch her off guard.”

“Alright then, get back home as soon as you’re done.”

“Alright, Honey. Rest well straight away. Don’t wait on me.”

After Adrían finished his words and left home, Mary stood and watched as she let out a

sigh. Deep down, she sincerely hoped Victoria and Alaric would be fine so that she

could stop worrying about them. Soon, Mary headed upstairs and was about to head to

bed straight away, but since she didn’t feel sleepy at all, she took her two grandsons

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into the room and decided to keep them company until Adrian came back. Although

Adrian told her not to wait on him, she couldn’t fall asleep at all because she was too

eager to learn news about Alaric and Victoria. Therefore, she waited nervously for her

husband’s return.

Meanwhile, Terence was just done taking care of his business. When they found Alaric,

he was still unconscious. At first, he was going to ask about Victoria’s whereabouts, but

Alaric’s henchmen quickly answered, “Bane has a crush on Miss Selwyn, so I think she

is going to be fine by his side. Instead, Mr. Cadogan should be our priority right now as

he is still unconscious. So, we should get him back as soon as possible before anything

worse happens.”

“What are you talking about?! No, we’re not leaving her. Miss Selwyn only got herself in

trouble because she wanted to save Mr. Cadogan. If we do that, we’re going to be

despicable ingrates!”

“I disagree, Mr. Levane. Bane has a crush on Miss Selwyn, which makes him Mr.

Cadogan’s love rival. I believe Miss Selwyn came here knowing that. Don’t you think so?

Anyway, what I’m sure of is that he didn’t pull his punches when he hurt Mr. Cadogan. I

mean, he is still unconscious until now, and god knows how long he had been fainting

there. If we don’t rush him to a hospital, Mr. Cadogan’s situation could get worse, which

would render Miss Selwyn’s sacrifice in vain. Aren’t I right?”

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Terrance was almost convinced, but deep down, he still couldn’t bring himself to make

the decision. After all, his guilt and conscience would not allow him to take Alaric away

without rescuing Victoria. At the same time, he also found it strange that Victoria lost

touch with them the moment she got onto the plane, but nonetheless, he subsequently

found out that she had gone to the hospital. Later, when Terrance arrived at the

hospital to meet up with Victoria, his effort was thwarted because the place was too

heavily guarded by Bane’s men. Due to that, he couldn’t find a chance to meet up with

Victoria.

“Mr. Levane, you’re the only person who could make that decision among us. Please

think about it. We’re racing against time, and the situation can’t wait much longer.”

Terrance apologized to Victoria on the inside and went on to take Alaric back to their

country. However, before he could settle down, he got a phone call from Adrian and

Mary and was forced to lie to them that the two of them were fine. Worried that he

might blurt out something he shouldn’t, he quickly hung up the call. After that, he was

so busy looking for a place to put Alaric up that he didn’t even have time to worry about

the situation until he was done taking care of those matters.

Nevertheless, when Terrance was finally done taking care of that matter, he began to

get worried that Adrian and Mary would see through his lie, thinking they were not that

easy to fool. At the thought of that, he sat up straight anxiously and wondered whether

he should call back to explain his action. Just as he was about to do that, he suddenly

heard the doorbell ringing.

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